Infantry officer's saber, Bavaria, wz. 1855

saber length in scabbard 1044 mm, saber length 1005 mm, head length 876 mm, head width at base 30 mm, back thickness at base 9.5 mm, saber weight 915 g, saber weight in scabbard 1465 g

Hand closed, brass frame. Shield-scabbarded yoke, cut from thick sheet metal. The rear arm of the hilt curled toward the head in a volute, with two slots for a sling. The front one, arched upward three times, forms a bail connected to the headstock. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, veneered with imitation lizard skin and laced with brass filigree. A long, beveled cap set with the shank by a ring at the hilt, with the top on an oval pad riveted to the headstock. A polished nickel-plated steel hilt, with a slight curvature, profiled on both sides, with a sill and a single overbore groove, reaching a long, double-edged feather with a bone. The neck is symmetrical. At the level of the belly, on both sides, etched decoration: floral thread, interlaced three times with a ribbon with the inscription "In Treue Fest" ("Standing in fidelity"). On the inner threshold a beaten signature in an oval "Weyersberg & Co Solingen". On the inner sill the inscription "AMBERG", surmounted by a crown. (Amberg - Bavarian royal arsenal and arms factory). P o c h w a steel, polished, with one riffle and a movable collar on the back. Neck fixed in the sheath by two screws. Asymmetrical spur. One dent on the sheath.
state of preservation: 5/5/4